Inghams Abattoir 2013

Notes

Filth accumulated on ledge above
shackling area, including severed feet that have been thrown up there

0:36

Pan down over shackling room

0:46

Birds in truck outside, approx
4:15am (arrived 3:45am).

1:34

Another truck already inside
shackling room (arrived 2:45am).

1:59

Truck entering shackling room,
as seen from all three cameras (timestamp not important - just for
perspective)

2:21

Monday 18-2-2013

2:26

Worker slams bird on the ground,
then shackles, and knees

2:43

Worker walks past and lightly
punches bird who has poked his head out of the truck, comes back and keeps
pushing the bird back in, slaps, air-boxes

3:18

Worker (bottom of left screen,
top of right screen), tickles bird who has poked his head out of the truck,
then slaps him with the other hand

3:36

Worker (bottom of left screen,
top of right screen) slams shackled bird against the wall

3:43

Worker (bottom of left screen,
top of right screen) pulls dead bird from the truck and throws away

3:50

Worker punches bird, continues
shackling, then walks down the line to punch the same bird again

4:08

Dead bird chucked off the side

4:17

Dead bird chucked off the side

4:23

Worker retrieves a severed foot
and throws it upwards

4:32

Handheld close-up of severed
foot left up on the walkway above the shackling area

4:38

Worker kicks bird

4:49

Tuesday 19-2-2013

4:54

Worker knees bird

5:03

Worker lightly boxing shackled
birds

5:22

Worker in bottom left is holding
a severed foot, seems to reach it into the truck to stir other birds

5:28

Worker punches bird

5:36

Worker punches bird twice,
second worker punches another bird twice and then walks off dancing, first
worker punches another bird

6:04

Worker kicks bird

6:18

Worker knees bird, second worker
kicks the same bird, then waits further down the line and kicks the same bird
twice more, then appears to throw something or hit a bird with it (another
severed foot?). Both workers start jumping up and down. Second worker pulls
shackled bird back and then slams against the wall. Second worker climbs onto
shackle line and rides it while first worker dances. First worker shackles a
bird and then slams against the wall.

8:09

Worker kicks bird three times,
then kicks another bird twice,

8:55

Worker teases and slaps bird
poking his head out of the truck, lets him fall down onto the platform

9:10

Worker pulls bird from truck and
throws onto the ground, then picks him up, shackles him, and punches him
twice

9:28

Bird falls from truck. Worker
walks over and kicks the bird, picks him up and breaks him on his knee, drops
him, kicks him again. Continues shackling while the bird sits on the platform
flapping. Comes back, picks up the bird and slams onto the ground, and then
against the side of the truck four times, drops him, and stomps on his
head/neck/body 10 times. Kicks once more. Eventually comes back and picks up
the bird, throw off the platform.

11:08

Worker holds shackled bird's
head to the truck so that the body stretches as the line moves, then lets go
so the bird snaps back

11:26

Worker (bottom of left screen,
top of right screen) knees shackled bird. Second worker waits for the same
bird to reach him, then knees and then kicks him

12:04

Worker attached shackled bird's
head to the truck so that the body stretches as the line moves, then lets go
so the bird snaps back (similar to 11:08 but different bird)

12:28

Wednesday 20-2-2013

12:33

Worker throws dead bird off
platform

12:45

Worker punches two separate
birds

13:14

Workers running onto the scene,
first kicks a shackled bird

13:28

Worker throws two separate dead
birds off platform

13:54

Worker punches bird

14:04

Worker climcs onto side of truck
and dances on it, then pretends to box the bird the other worker is holding

14:19

Worker kicks bird five times

14:44

Worker carries dead bodies out
of shackling room (there were several other occurrences of this, which are
included on the longer edit)

Worker pulls a feather from the
bird (who reacts strongly) to throw at another worker out of view

16:30

Three workers dancing, one while
holding a bird. Then the third continues dancing while holding another bird,
and later pulls feathers from shackled birds to throw at other worker, and
knees a bird three times.

Worker pulls feathers from birds
as they pass, to throw at another worker out of view

19:56

Worker kicks bird four times,
other worker waits for the same bird to reach him, knees three times; kicks
another bird four times. First worker punches bird twice. Second worker waits
for the same bird to reach him, then appears to hold him up and break his
neck (?) - bird remains on shackles. Second worker kicks a bird five times
from 24:07.

25:13

Worker kicks bird twice, second
worker kicks (the same?) bird

25:38

Worker kicks bird twice

25:49

Worker does a mock chicken dance

26:04

Dancing and clapping

26:20

Worker chucks dead bird off
platform

26:27

Worker kicks bird

26:34

Clear, up-close vision of
shackling. One bird may have a broken leg?

26:54

Friday 22-2-2013

26:58

Worker kicks bird

27:07

Worker punches bird

27:16

Monday 11-2-2013 to Thursday
14-2-2013

27:21

Worker throws severed foot

27:28

Handheld vision of severed foot
on the stunning bench

27:32

Another severed foot thrown

27:36

Another severed foot thrown

27:43

Line has stopped, worker kicks
bird 8-9 times

28:41

Worker kicks bird

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